But if you are traveling to Kansas from elsewhere, you don’t want to miss anything fun or interesting when you come, so visit the Kansas Tourism site to get more info, click on the trip planner to help you plan your trip, and fill out the free Kansas Travel Guide form to get the free magazine!Īnd just so you know, once upon a time, Kansas was where the west was Wild! Living near many of them, I tend to take accessing them for granted. I almost forgot to include my Kansas sources. Historic Maps in Sangamon County, IllinoisĬhampaign County, Ohio Digital Newspapers The Abraham Lincoln Public Library & Museum My family lived in Illinois, and in some of the same areas as Thomas MacEntee’s family, so many (all for right now) of the links below I copied from Thomas’ website, Destination Austin Family‘s Toolbox. Someday, I hope to travel there, and so am posting this link hoping to get to see some of the country someday, and meet my distant cousins who still live in the area!Ī Guide to Connecticut’s Agricultural Destinations My Ninth great-grandfather and grandmother, George and Anna Stocking, traveled with Thomas Hooker’s Puritan group to Connecticut and were some of the town of Hartford, CT founders. Several members of my family have settled in California, so I am just now collecting links to aid with research in that state!Ĭalifornia Genealogical Society & Library (I haven’t checked this website out yet, but it looks to have a lot of info on it, and links to more info about Germany) STATESīecause this is my Research tool box, I’m not going to try to duplicate Cyndi’s List, (as if anyone could!) here, I’m just including the links that I use to search for my family, in the states that they lived in. West Point Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy Kansas State Historical Society – GAR Records Google that Old Occupation is a “Genealogy Tip of the Day” blog post written by Michael John Neill at It’s great advice, so I’m adding it into my Research Toolbox. South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical SocietyĬleveland County (Oklahoma) Genealogical Society Sumner County Historical & Genealogical Society The Corson/Colson Family History Association Check out the on-line tutorials and webinars to help get you up and running. Roots Magic has a free family tree software download that lets you decide whether or not you like the program, and the full version is very reasonable, too. On-line training makes it easy to get started and learn how to do all the stuff you always wish you knew how to do. Reasonable, easy-to-use and powerful software! Free download lets you check it out. On-line tutorials to get you up and running. There are several great software packages that can help you keep track of your growing family tree, document your resources, and determine the Woo Hoo! A place to go and find out all the great learning opportunities that are coming up on Webinars! I Love it! SOFTWAREįacebook friend and blogging buddy (Can’t wait to try it while transcribing family history stuff for me and for the Sumner County (Kansas) Historical & Genealogical Society. Nearly every week, Legacy Family Tree offers FREE webinars with the latest and greatest how-to info! Set your cell phone to remind you, and make it a don’t miss opportunity! CENSUSġ940 Census – Steve Morse One-Step Enumeration Maps Some of these books are available at Higginson Books as reprints. Researchers’ Favorite Genealogy Books and History-Related Reads Several books on the list below that I would like to add to my library! Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. With genealogical and biographical chapters on early families” by Charles Collard Adams “MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES: a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct. “Ancestors and Descendants of George Stocking: Founder of the American Family” by Charles H. Samuel & Abiah Boardman Stocking’s daughter Ruth info “Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England …, Volume 1” By Judith McGhan “The Hurlbut Genealogy” – available on Google books. “Three Hundred Years With the Corson Families in America” Why it never occurred to me before to put these on-line, I don’t know, but it looks like a great plan! Now (I hope!) I’ll never wonder where I lost that link I was going to go back to!Ĭensus, books, soldiers records, death records, and much, much more! African-American Research ResourcesĬyndi’s List – African American Resources Thanks to Thomas MacEntee ( and Geneablogger’s Blog Talk Radio) and his Webinar “Building a Research Toolbox,”(not an affiliate link) I’m building my own research toolbox.
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